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Location Module

Support articles for Location Module.

Location Module Setup
- Location Module Setup & Starting a Project
- Controlling Stationing
- Controlling Max Section Points
- Controlling Decimals
- Setting up a User Attribute Example
- How to update the Road Class Specifications
- Disabling Magenta Linework and Dots (Bold Selection Mode)
- Controlling Background Image Appearance
- Switching Topo Terrain Files
- Controlling the Report Points
Horizontal Alignment and Basic Curves
- Adding Background Terrain to Location
- Reversing an Alignment
New Location Design
Vertical Alignment
- Adding Vertical Curves
- Road Location with GIS
- Shifting Vertical Alignments
Mass Haul Diagram
Alignment Design and Volume Balancing
- Design Time Costing
- Optimal Haul Calculation
- Smart Pits
- Section-Balance (Auto Balance)
- Alignment Design & Balancing Example
- Alignment Status
Setting Up a Screen Layout
Horizontal Curve Details
- Viewing Curve Transitions
- Super Elevation Table Facts
Vertical Curve Details
- Editing VIPs with the Curve Panel
Corridor Surfaces + 3D Window Options
- Introduction to Corridor Surfaces
- Creating a corridor surface for 3D display
Materials and Stripping
- Defining Sub-Surface Layers
- Stripping
- Using Materials to Control Templates
- Expansion and Compaction
- Creating Sub-Surface Layers From Multiple Terrain Files
- Calculate Disturbed Area
Templates
- Templates Hierarchy Properties Components
- Accessing the E-Library
- Customizing Template Components
- Template Assignments
- Overrides Creating a Turning Lane
- Overrides: Controlling a Guardrail
- Display and Reporting of Template Layers
- Display and Reporting of Ditch Lines
- Template Components E-Library
- Working with Links and Connectors
- Reporting Cross Section Point Codes
- Downloading Template Components
Culverts
- Assigning a Culvert
- Changing Fill Material
- Creating a Catch Basin
Labels
- Class Label Formatting
- User-Definable Labels
- Point Label Formatting
- Profile Sub View Labels
- Labels FAQ's
Multi-Plot Outputs
- Creating and Positioning Sub-Views
- Configuring Your Page Size
- Configuring a Multi-Plot Chapter
- Adding Graphic Sub-views
- Grid Options
- Adding a Scale Bar
- Adding Rectangle Sub-View Items
- Multi-Plot Plan Rotation
- Copy and Paste of Multi-Plot Items
- Add a Legend
- Add a Curve Table
- Saving Layouts
- Controlling Cross Section Display in Multi-Plot
- Location Output Sheets and Layouts
- Adding Chapters From the Web Library
- PDF Writers and Printing to PDF
Export Options
- Exporting Location Design to OBJ
- Exporting Location Surface to LandXML
- Exporting Alignments and Cross-Sections to LandXML
- Exporting a LandXML Design Surface File from Location to Civil 3D
- Exporting DXF/DWG Files for Construction Staking
Composite Surfaces
- Exporting Designed Surfaces
- Merging Terrains
- Creating a Post-Design Surface
- Drive-Through Mode
Calculating As Built Volumes
- Checking Areas and Volumes
- Setup of Alignments and Surfaces
- Multiple Surfaces
- Adjusting As-Built Surfaces
- Working Design Files
- Creating Surfaces for Pay Quantities
Project-Specific Techniques
- Pullback Volumes for Road Decommissioning
- Steep Fill Section Realignment
- Widening Matching Existing Crossfall
- Bridge Site Design using Location Module
- Creating a Skewed Section Example
- Creating a Pond Excavation with Cross Sections
- Bridge Site Design Using the Terrain Module Grading Tool
- How to Fillet an Intersection
- Cul-de-Sac Design Example
- Milling and Overlay
- Creating a Landing Using Parameter Overrides
- Pond Design Example
- Designing a Widening Only Template
- Display Shading
- Adding a P-Line Traverse File
- Driveway Entrance Component
- Extending Ground to Avoid Slope Errors
- Cul-de-Sac Design with Alignment as a Reference Feature
- Exporting DXF/DWG Files for Construction Staking
- Controlling Cut Fill Hatching in the Section Window
Template Components E-Library
- Roadway Components
- Ditches and Subcuts
- Slope Components
- Overlay and Widening Components
- Walls and Barriers
- Bridges
- Pipes, Penstocks & Culverts
- Links and Connectors
- Miscellaneous Components
Training Videos
Multiple Horizontal Alignments
Working with LandXML
- Exporting Location Surface to LandXML
- Exporting Alignments and Cross-Sections to LandXML
- Importing LandXML
- Exporting a LandXML Design Surface File from Location to Civil 3D
- Alignment Staking
Ditch Profiling Using a Reference Alignment